Weather Records on 29 March 1931

336 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1931. Highest significance: Ladner, CA.

Key Facts for 29 March 1931

On 29 March 1931, 336 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 329 daily.
Ladner set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 29 March 1931.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

336 stations

336 station records on 29 March 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ladner	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallebung (Vermont Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Berne	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

336 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 29 March 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 29 March 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 329.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1524.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1931

Top 20 records on 29 March 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1931	Ladner, CA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1931	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1931	Karratha Station, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1931	Portland, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1931	De Grey, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1931	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1931	Mount Playfair, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1931	Winterhoek, ZA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1931	Cofimvaba (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1931	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1931	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1931	Boodarie, AU	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1931	Williamsport, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1931	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1931	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1931	Millerton, US	daily snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1931	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1931	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1931	Fort Cunynghame (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1931	Dontsa, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1805 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1931. 1931 had 336 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	277
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	2
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1
1200 to 1400	1
1400 to 1600	2